How to forge a sword Part 6: New Pommel

[dakenetsu]

nery nice

[skyrimsmadnews]

Love your video's and have a couple of ideas don't know weather they will work or not but it the guard was part of the base of the actual sword and came in at a angle to the handle then having a leather strapped handle then having no pommel at the bottom I think this would look great and a cool inscription - Rise and Rise again until lambs become lions - and how much would it cost to get all the gear to make a sword?

[epicfantasy]

@skyrimsmadnews This all sounds great. Good creativity and thinking. Setting it all up varies in cost. Depends on how much you can improvise. The forge costs nothing if you scrounge up parts. Several hundred if you just buy one.

[snickers763]

i require part 7...NOW!

jk take your time but im exited about 7

[epicfantasy]

@snickers763 Part 7 is posted :)

[stienerrecliner]

@epicfantasy Can you please add links at the end of your vids to the next part :) also I have been following your whole forging series and I think it would be really cool if you can start with your stock steel and try folding it a few times before you begin the drawing out.. it might make some really nice effects and lines in your metal.. just an idea.. thanks!

[epicfantasy]

@stienerrecliner Thankyou for this comment. I really should have done this! I forget sometimes. Now I have gone ahead and added links to the next vid on each of these vids. Near the end. Thanks!

[Homemadebeats]

Perhaps inscribe "Mercy to all my foes" hahaha :) or mercy to all you motherfuckers who come across this blade

[Homemadebeats]

I have a great idea I want to share with you! When seeing the sword in its final stages, it still looks a little bland or generic. I was thinking, if you want to, why don't you inscribe text on either the pommel, hilt or blade of the sword? You could inscribe your name, but also anything else you feel should be there! A man should be proud of his creations :)

[epicfantasy]

@Homemadebeats Great suggestion. Thanks. I have given a lot of thought to inscribing the blade and or pommel. I might do that. It would be a good video. Thanks.

[MrPdante]

where did you get the material for the pommel?

[epicfantasy]

@MrPdante Somebody gave it to me. NOt sure where he got it. Brass that size is expensive. I did see a 2" thick rod, 1 foot in length of brass. I believe it was 800 dollars.

[bearpatch626]

how could you forge plate mail?



[epicfantasy]

@bearpatch626 I may do some of this. I may forge some kind of armor. 

[compyfixer]

cant wait to see the next one!!

[epicfantasy]

@compyfixer Next one soon. I will be hardening the sword. Getting near the end now. Hardenign will be heating it up then dipping it in oil. Maybe tempering too, depends on how long the video is.

[CyberJadeBlade88]

dont u mean dagger

[Wallf1999]

I'm making a sword and this looks good but can it be sharped and use as a real sword???

PS good videos

[Wallf1999]

@Wallf1999

PPS how thick was the metal when you started?

[wolfgagger]

more of a dagger

[Whiskaaaz]

you should so make the wrist claw things from Predators the movie

[Mookies75]

Isnt the pommel supposed to balance the sword?

[300spartanswin]

@epicfantasy What oild did you use when you were drilling the holes into the pommel?

[epicfantasy]

@300spartanswin thats called 3 in 1 oil. Its a light oil. The big thing here is to use really good drill bits. I used carbide.

[300spartanswin]

@epicfantasy How many grit is that amry paper?

[SilentRaeth1]

kinda reminds me vaguely of a greek hoplite sword. Pretty nice.

[omarmusictube]

Ah, that pommel looks fantastic! I bet you could even chisel some designs onto it if you wanted to, but it's good. Well done! I'm looking forward to your next installment.

[epicfantasy]

@omarmusictube thanks, I might chisel some designs on it. That might be good.

[NicholasMeansVictory]

come to think of it...that looks like trunks sword from dragon ball z but its not brass the pummle and hand guard is steel

love it btw looks awesome hey will you be selling this in the future?

[eriklettenberg]

You should put something between the handle and the pommel

[ArtistBlade1972]

Will, contour the grip to fit the pommel. It'll have a much better flow and ya won't have those edges of the grip hanging over the pommel.

[drewbob901]

that brass pommel looks much better than the wooden one

[takiparilimpossivel]

the new pomel looks great, now let's wait the polishing of the blade

[Timurv1234]

I like the new pommel, and it looks great, but i would put those "little brass pieces" you made, i think they would go well...

[epicfantasy]

@Timurv1234 thanks, I will give it a try, see how it looks.

[mit7771]

How did you cut through the two inch steel?!?!

[epicfantasy]

@mit7771 on a lathe

[kickorybot]

Nice but can you make real blades and stuff like that for assassins creed revelations

[terriblefate21]

Can you make the different gear for batman like you did 300 and assassins creed?

[tblbaby]

Cool, like the brass pommel. You could tap it & put in a skull busting point on the bottom. You could rasp some rings around the grip to give it grip & character, even inlay brass in grooves. I think a big gem set in the brass pommel on both sides would be class. You can get amathist not to much, not sure about that size, or a cz type manufactured gem that's about he same as a real one. Some nice file work on the guard edges would be cool. You could acid etch a cool design on the blade.

[epicfantasy]

@tblbaby wow, great suggestions. I will be further working on the handle/pommel to try to bring it to finished state. stay tuned!

[SailorBarsoom]

I like this brass pommel better. The steel would have been good, too, but I really like the brass. If you make a scabbard, you should find a way to incorporate the brass and the purple wood.

Looking forward to the rest of this.

[GermanSwordMaster]

Make a bunch of swords - and next time ( when you are experienced in forging swords ) you should upload a making off of a one and ahalf handed sword - that would be really great !

Try to shape the blade straight and not like a leaf. Really like your work - keep it up ;)

[epicfantasy]

@GermanSwordMaster thanks! I have a nice piece of steel for the next sword. That one will be straight. should be a nice challenge.

[rogantu]

Thanks again for a great video Will, not sure if you can but a blank kind of wood could be good as a handle or just something comfortable colored in gold/brass/goldmix.

[killerdavid97]

i need minecraft sword XD

[Liarman93]

Remake the handle, it doesn't look good.

[epicfantasy]

@Liarman93 I was thinking about carving it. That might be better? What do you think

[SailorBarsoom]

@epicfantasy

The wood of the handle looks like what my atlatl is made of. It's a beautiful wood and so are the others you had in the other video. I don't know enough about this to suggest any improvements, but the cool thing is you can keep adjusting until it's just like you want it.

While I didn't care for the ebony pommel, ebony would make for a great handle. You probably have a whole collection of great handles.

[epicfantasy]

@SailorBarsoom I have a few different woods for handles. And wow, an atlatl? Theres a weapon you dont see very often. cool

[SailorBarsoom]

@epicfantasy

Thanks. Yeah, I bought an atlatl kit in the late 80s, and about 2003 or 2004 I finally broke the thing. I have a cousin who does woodwork, so I turned the pieces over to her and she made me a new one out of purple heart wood. Living in the 'burbs I don't get to use it much. It's here beside me now, though, as it makes a great back-scratcher.

[Spart248]

@epicfantasy Why don't you polish it like you did in the "Forge a Knife" Video?

[epicfantasy]

@Spart248 Great suggestion and thanks. I will definitely polish it all, handle, pommel and blade.

[Liarman93]

@epicfantasy I guess it should look fine, atm it looks like it's made of gum :)

[BurningKreoss]

I think a pummel is supposed to be light, otherwise it will decrease your slashing power. And it will be much easyer to parry and counter.

[Psy037]

@BurningKreoss Not quite mate. You want your whole handle to be about the weight of the blade. If you put the sword on your finger just infront of the cross guard it should balance.

That means the blade will pivot easily around the cross guard giving you better leverage over the weapon.

[thaJeez]

looks much better,great work. good luck on finishing the rest.

maybe you want to grind a bit of the end of the handle so it connects nicely to the pommel?

[epicfantasy]

@thaJeez Good eye, great comment. I had thought about this. Defintely will do it.

[Pointburn]

Love this stuff

[TheEpicKyranAndDylan]

Crap! I have hiccups also my sword turned into a kutana

[chrisbrentlopez]

looks way better good work. :)

[TheLongerIRun]

It looks amazing Will, well done! can't wait to see the finished piece. are considdering making a scabbard (and subsequent video) for it too?

[epicfantasy]

@TheLongerIRun thanks, great comment. People always ask for a scabbard so I really should do one. probably will

[Frannsuha]

@TheLongerIRun

I agree. Scabbards are great and unsheathing is so much fun xD

[Ericules555]

yeah the pommel matches but come on the old way is how he wanted it, if you dont like it dont make it hes the blacksmith your not so dont complain

[TheBladeSickness]

In the future, if you left more of the metal handle part, you would drill the hole completely through the brass and hammer down the excess to hold it on.

[dbird209]

How can I build my own forge If you can put a video on that . That would be awesome thanks reply back please

[Synntex76xx]

@dbird209 He already has, just click onsome of the blacksmithing videos and it will eventually pop up on the side :)

[vinncao]

He said ebony.....

Skyrim!!!! AAAAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHA

*nerdgasm

[sillua1]

@vinncao i was thinking about hot ebony women, but ok. ;)

[vinncao]

@sillua1 or that they both work

[gta4digger]

@vinncao NO! Not Nerdgasm, he is not sad or no-lifed in any way (Unless he was actually reffering to skyrim, which I doubt he was) Ebony is in fact a type of wood that comes form a tree in India! funny huh?

[vinncao]

@gta4digger Due just calm down. It is just a comment no need to freak out. Jesus Christ

[gta4digger]

@vinncao I'm not freaking out, ok? just pointing something out, sorry if that comment looked bad though.

[44SCB]

Much better

[TheWolf739]

I didn't take much interest in this whole blacksmithing subject at the start, only the stock removal knife, but I will admit, this sword is looking absolutely amazing and it's making me want to build a forge and actually start making one of my own.

[TheCreativeBird]

I really like the new pommel!

[zonva83]

could you make assassins creed gear ?

[epicfantasy]

@zonva83 I have made the hidden blade and the shoulders. Next piece will be the chestpiece. Then maybe the belt.

[zonva83]

@epicfantasy ok , thanks man , about how much would it cost for the supplies , or to buy it off of you ?

[ZACKWOLFWALKER]

@epicfantasy yeah! awsome!...hey what about the peice of eden

[sillua1]

@epicfantasy in medieval times, how did they make the pommel hole?

[epicfantasy]

@sillua1 Great question. I could only guess that they heat up the pommel in the forge then pierce the hole with some kind of tool. That would work.

[Frannsuha]

Well, I really like how the new pommel looks ^^

I also like the handle, but I'd like to see how it looks now with the other one, the metal wired one.

Anyway, great job so far!

[Dragon1813]

I saw this one guy made a sword, he made the pommel out of the steel rod like you did, but he made the tang round and long enough to extend past the pommel so he could heat the tang and hammer it down over the pommel and not have to worry about pins. Guess each sword maker has there own style. The sword looks realy good.

[choopdewoot]

the handle. dont like the color. but that color wouldnt be so bad if you put a nice cord wrap of some sort over it.

[maxxtehman]

First lol